The Wild Gallant (1663), Dryden's first play, written when he was 32, is a sparkling comedy, populated with rakes and whores, rich and poor, who bring to life Restoration London. Notable are the strong female leads, portrayed with wit and insight one might expect  from Amy Sedaris or Tina Fey. The Kraken series offers the only editions of Dryden's plays that fully explain all archaic language, slang, historical references, and also all the perplexing syntax employed by Dryden, who wrote in English but often thought in Latin. Kraken does for Dryden what Folger did for Shakespeare.

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